Sky Blue Pete
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Looks like it’s 20,000 infections a day and 3-500 deaths for now then. Suppose that’s ok is it?
Looks like it’s 20,000 infections a day and 3-500 deaths for now then. Suppose that’s ok is it?
I don’t suppose so but Italy are forecasting 10,000 deaths next month, France are up to 60,000 infections a day and Spain’s health service has collapsed so relatively speaking it’s par for the course
Belgium now having locked down admit they have totally lost control and infection rate is spiralling to be the worst per head in Europe
If it's letting rip anyway then may as well open it all up
Glad to see there is some sense left somewhere. Only a matter of time until England follows suit IMO.Welsh move to cancel GCSE and A-level exams puts pressure on No 10
No plans to follow Wales, says Johnson spokesman, as unions say England is ‘lagging behind’www.theguardian.com
Glad to see there is some sense left somewhere. Only a matter of time until England follows suit IMO.
They haven’t released the details but I am hoping these will be graduated assessments of some sorts covering specific aspects so they will account for loss of learning over the last 10 months.If they can do exams in a classroom why can’t they do them in a hall?
It's to allow for unequal delivery I think.They haven’t released the details but I am hoping these will be graduated assessments of some sorts so they will account for loss of learning over the last 10 months.
I have heard a rumour that these ‘assessments’ will be put together by the exam boards themselves and that the ones in England are doing the same behind closed doors.It's to allow for unequal delivery I think.
Bound to vary across the region and individual school's.
They haven’t released the details but I am hoping these will be graduated assessments of some sorts covering specific aspects so they will account for loss of learning over the last 10 months.
Yep saw that about BelgiumI don’t suppose so but Italy are forecasting 10,000 deaths next month, France are up to 60,000 infections a day and Spain’s health service has collapsed so relatively speaking it’s par for the course
Belgium now having locked down admit they have totally lost control and infection rate is spiralling to be the worst per head in Europe
Yep very sensibleGlad to see there is some sense left somewhere. Only a matter of time until England follows suit IMO.
Yes - and this is why HMI/OFSTED have to be front and centre of the scrutiny process.Right, but some places will cheat, sorry but you just know that.
They are saying that they won't follow....Glad to see there is some sense left somewhere. Only a matter of time until England follows suit IMO.
Yes - and this is why HMI/OFSTED have to be front and centre of the scrutiny process.
They could but it won't be an even playing Field , that seems to be the rationale.They never were for coursework. Sorry, if they can do external assessments with a teacher in the room they can do the proper ones invigilated.
Smaller, focused assessments would make it easier for a subject like Maths where you could have an area focus (Number, Algebra or Geometry for example) rather than the 3 paper absolute lottery you get right now.They never were for coursework. Sorry, if they can do external assessments with a teacher in the room they can do the proper ones invigilated.
They could but it won't be an even playing Field , that seems to be the rationale.
Due to varying impact across regions and individual school's affected by this thing .
A ray of sunshine as everEducation doesn't have an even playing field to begin with. Makes me think there's not much point in having busted my arse off this year.
A ray of sunshine as ever
At least there’s a light at the end of the tunnel now with the vaccine. Should make everyone at least have an end in sightA sarcastic twat as ever
At least there’s a light at the end of the tunnel now with the vaccine. Should make everyone at least have an end in sight
I dunno man, it was tongue in cheek because you were being very negative about something that was quite a positive move. When someone suggested it was to perhaps account for the playing field being made less even your response was “the playing field in education isn’t level anyway”. In a world where there’s very little positive news not sure you need to just slag everything off when it’s clearly good intentioned.Right but going sarcy on the stressed is a bit of a dick move when you don’t know my personal circumstances.
Is the exam system outdated, irrelevant and poor at capturing much beyond socioeconomic circumstances and cultural norms? Does a target based approach to education fundamentally misunderstand the process and distort the outcome? Does this country place entirely too much importance on a few hours at 16?
No, no, it’s the cheating teachers who are wrong.
Ah man, we were *this close* to transitioning to a sensible assessment model for secondary education.
Some schools did cheat at coursework though shmmeee, it was an open secret.
But that is a symptom of something else isn't it?
Sorry, really it's a symptom of the same thing which is exam results holding disproportionate sway, not that it would necessarily be much different with teacher assessment.Which is what?
Sorry, really it's a symptom of the same thing which is exam results holding disproportionate sway, not that it would necessarily be much different with teacher assessment.
Some schools did cheat at coursework though shmmeee, it was an open secret.
League tables would be the principal contributor.Which is what?
League tables would be the principal contributor.
You only have to look at some of the bizarre decisions made about students on an individual level in an effort to ‘meet the criteria’ required for government measures.The problem is politics. Always said this. Twenty years plus system with multiple aims and multiple influences that they want a nice number they can put on their campaign leaflets every five years.
We’ve added testing out the wazoo to our education system over the last thirty years and we haven’t significantly raised standards compared to the rest of the world. Weighing a pig doesn’t make it fatter, time to go back to trying to educate kids instead of game excel spreadsheets IMO.
The problem is politics. Always said this. Twenty years plus system with multiple aims and multiple influences that they want a nice number they can put on their campaign leaflets every five years.
We’ve added testing out the wazoo to our education system over the last thirty years and we haven’t significantly raised standards compared to the rest of the world. Weighing a pig doesn’t make it fatter, time to go back to trying to educate kids instead of gaming excel spreadsheets IMO.
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